Tennessee Williams: "All cruel people describe..."

"All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness!"

—Tennessee Williams, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

Tennessee Williams: "Acceptance of not knowing..."

"Acceptance of not knowing anything but the moment of still existing, until we stop existing - and acceptance of that moment, too."

—Tennessee Williams, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

Tennessee Williams: "You're a fool if..."

"You're a fool... if you don't know that finally, sooner or later, you need somebody or something to mean God to you."

—Tennessee Williams, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

Tennessee Williams: "Then it gets dark..."

"Then it gets dark. We're left alone with each other: we have to creep close to each other before we can slip into sleep and rest for the next day's miracles."

—Tennessee Williams, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

Tennessee Williams: "I think the truth..."

"I think the truth is too delicate and, well, dangerous to be played with.  It has to be handled with the carefullest care, or somebody hurts somebody and gets hurt back."

—Tennessee Williams, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

Tennessee Williams: "Liquor improves my concentration."

"Liquor improves my concentration."

—Tennessee Williams, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

Tennessee Williams: "Some people don't need..."

"Some people don't need love, if you can call 'em people, but I do, it's the breath of life to me..."

—Tennessee Williams, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore